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?? Taiko

• Traditional Japanese Drumming

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Origins

• Century old style of drumming (1400 yrs)
• Rumbling sound of the drum associated with the
  gods
• Drum is inhabited by a god
• It is said that the furthest point at which the
  village could be heard marked the edge of the
  village.
• Originated in temples and shrines
• Festival related
• Holy men allowed to drum

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Okede-daiko

• Nebuta festival in Aomori
• Multiple sizes
• Extremely large to very small
• Not ALL sizes are possible
• Produces a ka sound when struck
• Strike the outermost metal ring of the body
• Weak wood, easy to damage

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Taiko in Warfare

• Used to motivate troops, set marching pace, make
  announcements
• Six paces per beat of the drum
• Nine sets of five ally summon
• Nine sets of three pursuit
• Sped up x3 or x4

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Taiko as an Art

• Pre-1950s not viewed as an art form
• Previously used in courts to perform Gagaku music
• Most popular current use is in a taiko ensemble
• Post war phenomenon in Showa (1951)
• Daihachi Oguchi (kumi-daiko style)

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Taiko Terms

• Bachi (??) sticks used to play the Taiko
• Ma (?) a Japanese term for space, used in music
  to describe periods of rest
• Oroshi (???) series of hits, sped up into a roll
• O-uchi (???) main rhythm
• Ji or Jiuchi (???) basic supporting rhythm,
  described as the meter
• Jikata is a person who plays the Ji rhythm

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Taiko Drums

• The word taiko (??) means fat drum in Japanese
• Daiko is a suffix used to describe a type of drum
  or ensemble
• The nagado-daiko (?????long body drum) consists
  of two pieces of cow hide stretched over a wooden
  barrel
• Tsukeshime-daiko (?????)heads are stretched over
  iron rings with smaller body, tight ropes

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Other Drums

• Okede-daiko (????, barrel-body taiko)
• Uchiwa-daiko (?????fan taiko)
• Hira-daiko (???, flat taiko)
• O-daiko (???, big taiko)
• The okede-daiko can be played on a stand, but are
  often strapped to the body so a drummer can walk
  as he plays

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Kodo

• An elite taiko drumming ensemble
• Based in Sado, Japan they helped to revitalize
  taiko drumming post WWII
• Kodo (??) means heartbeat, and also children of
  the drum

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